CAIRO (Sputnik) — Kurdish militias drive the Islamic State (Daesh) militant group from the Syrian town of Tell Abiad located near the Syrian-Turkish border and killed 70 militants during the operation, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces said Sunday.
"All the attacks have been repulsed, and all the places where the terrorists have succeeded to gain a footing are mopped up," Talal Salou (Salu) told RIA Novosti.
He added that Daesh, which is prohibited in many countries, including Russia and the United States, had lost some 70 militants during the operation.
